8 Juicy Teasers on the End of HIMYM

Yesterday the staff of How I Met Your Mother took their turn on the TCA stage, and Carter Bays and Craig Thomas didn't disappoint when it came to dropping hints on what's left of the final season. Honestly, there's so much still-to-come stuff, you'd think there's two seasons to go, not less than half of one. Here we go:

The title of the March 31 hour-long finale episode is "Last Forever."

It seems like Robin and Barney's wedding might be wrapped up before then. The name of the second-to-last episode is "End of the Aisle," which makes me think we might get the ceremony and reception over with then.

This Monday, viewers will find out the names of the kids. These poor children. Not only did they have to sit for a near decade listening to their dad drone on, they've never even had names. Anyone pulling for Teddy Jr.?

The 200th episode will be completely devoted to filling in the backstory of the Mother. HOORAY! I feel like we've been waiting all season for this. "How Your Mother Met Me" airs January 27.

Speaking of the kids: Here's one for everyone fretting about the fact that the actors haven't been kids for a while. Lynsey Fonseca and David Henrie shot their final scenes in 2006, including ones that play into the show's real-time endgame.

The list of guest stars still to come is out of control: Tim Gunn, Rachel Bilson, Lucy Hale, Kyle MacLachlan (the Captain!), Sarah Chalke, Jon Heder, Ashley Williams (Victoria), and Bill Fagerbakke (that's Marshall's father, so expect a tearjerker of a flashback, I guess).

Aw, sounds like Taran Killam might make one last appearance on his wife Cobie Smulders' show. The title of an upcoming episode is "Gary Blauman," which is the name of the coworker character Killam has played before.

The original backup plan was for Victoria to be the Mother. Bays and Thomas explained that the herky-jerky circumstances of being almost canceled every year for years made it tough to construct a master plan. Originally, if pressed to wrap things up hastefully, they were going to write a happy ending for Victoria and Ted.